Pinkcoke
Alumni
This is such a fun suit, (instantly reminded me of the Strawberry Shortcake children's character...) and when I got it with the straps loose we had a whale of a time figuring out how the fastening worked! I think the crossover is the best result: the bow is hidden under the bottom loop and I think the straps were purposefully made long enough to do this design.
I find it interesting that the zip didn't make it into the final garment, is this a clue to the date? I mean, to be honest it doesn't need one with all that elastic so maybe it was just cost-saving.
I'm sorry for the first picture I didn't realise until making this post that it's not in focus enough to see the panels that form the patented design but they are just like those on a corset which funnily enough leads me to my next discovery:
which is that Symingtons's are the same company that made Liberty Corsets and garments and my local council just happens to have a large collection of items they made stretching well over 100 years!!! Such a disappointment that they say the collection includes swimsuits but there are none pictured online! :( It is a great collection though: for anybody interested: you can find it HERE. Pictures are clickable links with extra info. scroll to the bottom of each item page for the themed sections. The glossary is also a small treasure trove, with apparently set manufacturing date ranges for several of their items by range name.
